Day 1 - From Perpignan to Espot

It seemed a highly logical plan. To spend time walking in the Spanish Pyrenees, followed by a few relaxing days in Collioure, on the southern coast of France, very close to the Spanish border. And in fact a logical plan it was - though we should have really known any plan involving Lottie and me would not be quite THAT easy... Still, here we are, day one. And already it had seemed sensible to purchase a whole crate of peaches. Several of which were threatening to liquefy in their state of buxom ripeness. We consumed a good deal of them in a thoroughly unexpected and very beautiful little walled, fortified town, Villefranche, on the way. Just the first of many unexpected turns on our trip. Perhaps the time it took to get to Espot was also a little unexpected - google was definitely optimistic on that one. However, by early evening there the four of us were in Espot, Spanish pyrenees. Tired, dusty, but full of peach and expectation.